We want the best program we can so that people get the best nutrition they can while they need that.

I appreciate you having this timely meeting, and bringing this up.

we want people off the programs, but we can't take them off too early, because what happens is they are always under the thumb of a Federal program, and they can't get away from it.

I remember having the coupons, the food stamps. And there was a stigma, but I was so thankful they were there.

I grew up in a wealthy family or high upper middle class until we went broke, and then my parents got divorced.

we need to reform it for those people that truly need it.

how do you go about holding that government accountable?

How many have grown out of that, though? Every time you kill one you get 10 or 20 more that join the cause. So are we winning?

when you go into the different countries, like say Turkey, you know, the human rights that we stand by, that we believe in this country, are going to be different in those other countries.

I think you are absolutely right, and if we don't define what ISIL is as a radical Islamic jihadist group you can't--you can't defeat it.

I will be damned if my son is going to be asked to risk his life for a failed strategy simply to allow the President to avoid the consequences of his incompetence.

American exceptionalism isn't about strategic patience right now. American exceptionalism is about instilling fear in an element that does not respect weakness.